Intrathecal administration of sodium nitroprusside, a nitric oxide donor, increases blood pressure in anesthetized rats

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-56

  Lee, Sang Bok ^a   Koh, Hyun Chul ^b   Kim, Ok Nyu ^a   Sung, Ki Wug ^a   Kim, Seong Yun ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Nitric oxide; Rat; Sodium nitroprusside; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM;

ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030031651     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3940(95)12269-9     Document Type: Article

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